Battles From 1914-1918: The First World War

World War I took place in Europe in the early 19th century and was fought by Germany, Italy, Russia, France, Great Britain, and Australia-Hungary. These countries reasons for a war were nationalism, alliances, and militarism. Germany, Italy, Russia, France, Great Britain, and Austria-Hungary were all wanting the same thing, but they were too busy competing with each other to see clearly.

The World War One started in 1914 and ended in 1918 and occurred in Europe. The main areas it occurred in was Belgium and the Western Front. People involved were the German, Australians, New Zealanders and British people. World War 1 was mostly fought on the Western Front. Western Front started being used on the 17 August 1914 to the 3rd ofMarch 1918. Germany originally started the Western Front to gain ground against the enemies. German Empire, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Ottoman Empire all fought together against the Russian Empire, Russian Republic, Romania, Belgium, British Empire. They also fought again Soviet Russia.

The Battle of Verdun (Bataille de Verdun, IPA: [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃], Schlacht um Verdun, IPA: [ʃlaxt ˀʊm ˈvɛɐdœŋ]), fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916, was the largest and longest battle of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies. The battle took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-eastern France. The German 5th Army attacked the defences of the Fortified Region of Verdun (RFV, Région Fortifiée de Verdun) and those of the French Second Army on the right bank of the Meuse. Inspired by the experience of the Second Battle of Champagne in 1915, the Germans planned rapidly to capture the Meuse Heights, an excellent defensive position with good observation for the artillery to bombard Verdun. The Germans hoped that the French would commit their strategic reserve to recapture the position and suffer catastrophic losses in a battle of annihilation, not costly for the Germans because of their tactical advantage.

The First World War began in 1914, also known as World War I. A european war in which an alliance including Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United states defeated the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria. It was believed that the fighting would be over quickly but sadly the war lasted 4 years (from August 1st, 1914 to November 11th, 1918. It soon became clear that the fighting would continue for a long time and that it would result in massive casualties. Although the United States attempted to avoid involvement in the war. Finally by 1917 they joined the Allied Powers.

The Battle of Verdun was the most important battle of World War 1 from February 21 to December 18, 1916. German and French Forces engaged in industrial warfare tactics and the use of heavy artillery through the initial attack and French counter-fire.

The battle of Verdun was a battle during World War I. The battle began on February 21st 1916 and was considered the longest battle of World War I. It did not end until December 20th 1916. German Chief of General Staff, von Falkenhayn was said not to have set out for war over land but to kill. The fighting motivated heroism but also caused slaughter on a horrific level. There was almost one death per minute. The battle led to hundreds of thousand deaths of the British. For almost four months of the battle two shells were fired every second.

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World War I was prolonged, it was one of the most brutal and disastrous war in European History. One of the areas it took place was on the Eastern front; this was between Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary. Another area that the war took place was the Western Front; this battlefield ranged from the Belgian coast which was the northern end, to the southern end which was the Swiss Frontier; this mainly was between Great Britain, America and others that lied in the East. To Germany, this battle front was known as "die Westfront", to France it was known as "Le Front Occidental", for the British force, it was "The Western Front". Communicating along with supplying front line troops was a huge problem. Technology was slowly being developed, but

World War I began in 1914, after the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and the war lasted until 1918. Germany, Austria- Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan, and the US. The new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare the WWI never knew the levels of carnage and destruction. When the war ended over 16 million people; soldiers; and civilians died.

World War One, also known as the Great War, was a war between the Central Powers (Germany, Austria- Hungary, and Italy) and the Allied Powers (United Kingdom, France, Russia, and later the United States of America) from June 28, 1914 until November 11, 1918. More than 9 million soldiers and 7 million citizens died in or because of the war, making WWI the bloodiest war by far. Prior to the Great War, Tensions were growing, Nationalism was one the rise, and counties were making alliances and gearing up for war. United Kingdom, France, and the Russian Empire made up the Triple Entente while Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany signed an alliance treaty known as the Triple Alliance. It did not take much of a spark for war to start.

World War One was the first major war that was fought in mainly in Europe, and parts of Asia. The war lasted from July 28th, 1914 to November 11th, 1928. There were over a hundred nations involved not only from Europe, but from Asia, Africa, Central America, North America and many Island nations. There were millions of casualties fighting in slow moving trench warfare , and many battles were also fought at sea.

Battle of Verdun The Germans intended to achieve a strategic victory over the French through The Battle of Verdun. The significance of this strategic victory is observed through the amount of causalities; for the Germans this was 143,000 as opposed to the French with 162,440. According to Major General Thompson (BBC documentary) “There was a death nearly every minute.” The battle of Verdun was also the longest battle in World War 1 starting on the 21st February 1916 and ended in 18th of December 1916.

World War One(WWI), also known as The Great War was the world 's first global conflict. This was a war between the Allied powers and the Central Powers. The allies included Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and of course the United States. The countries they fought against were known as the Central Powers this consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. WWI was an global war centred in Europe. This war affected the United States tremendously due to the economics. This war began July 28 1914 and lasted until November 11, 1918.

At the turn of the 18th century European colonialism was at its height as each nation had stretched its military forces all throughout the world from Africa and all throughout Asia. As alliances and pacts become rampant throughout Europe the breakout of war was becoming more and more eminent. In 1914 that strain broke and World War I began. Although it was a global war most of the fighting took place in Europe, although there were fighting in

This is a photo of French soldiers in a trench during the Battle of Verdun. The Battle of Verdun was one of the largest and longest battles of WW1. The battle was fought in 1916 between the German and French armies on the western front in Verdun, France. The trenches during the battle were in horrible conditions. The rain and constant bombardment of artillery mixed up the clay and remains of fallen soldiers. The battle lasted almost an entire year and resulted in over 700,000 deaths and some estimates going above 1.2 million.